Infographics
Telling stories with data and graphics.
How the ultrarich use a Roth IRA to get more rich
ProPublica continues their analysis of an anonymous IRS tax records dump. In their…
Passing restrictive voting bills
Bloomberg used a Sankey diagram to show the path of over a thousand…
Measuring centuries-old droughts through tree rings
To measure drought in the present day, we use data from sensors that…
Collapse of Mexico City Metro explained
The New York Times investigated the collapse of the Metro, which killed 26…
xkcd: Base Rate
xkcd points out the importance of considering the baseline when making comparisons:…
Scale of a mouse plague
There’s a mouse plague in Australia right now. The words alone don’t express…
Rockhounding in California
Any outdoor activity sounds amazing at this point. Andrea Roberson and Casey Miller…
Seeing how devices talk to each other
Your computer connects to your router, which connects to your modem. Your printer…
Recreation of the neighborhood in the Tulsa race massacre
In 1921, hundreds were killed. The New York Times recreated the neighborhood, adding…
Coping with the big numbers
Connie Jin, who works for NPR and updates a Covid-19 dashboard, talks about…
Information Graphic Visionaries, a book series
The Information Graphic Visionaries book series just launched on Kickstarter. Emma Willard, Florence…
All the art in the Oval Office
The President of the United States chooses the art for the Oval Office,…
Climate change and uncertainty
In his new data-driven documentary, Neil Halloran digs into the uncertainty attached to…
Visual deconstruction of popular songs
Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding, for NYT Opinion, look at how the structure…
Stopping a pandemic before it starts
For Politico, Beatrice Jin provides an illustrated guide on stopping a pandemic before…